Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25578, Thomas Fish, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Fish, Thomas Mary
N. 25578.
B.L.Wt. 27837-160-55
CONTENTS

74152 / Act March 3/85 April 16/85
Mary Fish widow of Thomas Fish
63 y/o March
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Pensioner Wj ad 53-5427 Wj ad 31 no 9598
Poygan
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William Britton Madison Chas 14. Mulford Mansfield N.J.
Cir Ch. A. Mulford no 2/55 do same " 18 "
Vol. 1. P. 52.

New Jersey 9598
Thomas ...
of ... who was a ... in the ... commanded by Captain ... of the ... commanded by ... in the ...
10 ... 35. 98
Inscribed on the Roll of ... New Jersey at the rate of 35 Dollars 98 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of June and Sept 6.
1833 New ...
Arrears to the 1th of March 1833, 71.92 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sept " 17.98
89.90
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Sprague Clerk, Book Vol. Page 111
Ordered to pay 11. Sept 1834. 22 ap e 1840

Increase 5,427 New Jersey Mary Fish widow of Thomas Fish who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private ,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 16. dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
27 July 1868 made since Certificate of Pension issued 2d day of Feb. 1868 and sent to Claimant Care Phil Dickinson Pen Cyt Trenton N.J.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 176 Vol. H
J. M. Smith 1868

Thomas Fisk 10/108
Dear Harry
Sept. 8 Jan. 183
Obj. 4.5. 11.12.13
Hon. L. Condict
Admitted
10 mo 24 d
$ 35.96
P-1997 Hon. L. Condict- Monistown N.J.
2

BRIEF in the case of County of Morris
Thos Fish of Chatham New Jersey In the State of (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 As a Gen, Col. Wm Whitehead Col. Ford Hook   He has served more than one year   in active service  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Morristown & Red Bank  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris County New Jersey.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas M. [Signature] Examining Clerk.

Declaration to be made before a Justice of the Peace or other officer, authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, by the widow of a deceased person, who has not had a land warrant.
STATE OF New Jersey COUNTY OF Morris } ss:
On this 3rd day of April , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mary Fish , aged
75 years, a resident of Chatham , in the State of New Jersey , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Thomas Fish , deceased, who was a
Captain War regiment of Great Britain or Revolutionary war , commanded by General Washington , in the war with Great Britain or Revolutionary war , declared by
the United States, on the 18th day of April , A. D. 1812 , that her said husband*
at Chatham , on or about the 10th day of March , A. D. 1812 , for the term of
and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three years , and was honorably discharged at Chatham , on the 10th day of March , A. D. 1815 .
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Fish in Chatham Township on the 10th day of March 1812
A. D. 1812 , by one Deacon Ladd , and that her name before her said marriage was
Mary Young ; that her said husband died at Chatham Township on the 22nd day of April , A. D. 1840
and that she is now a widow, Mary Fish .
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
(Claimant's signature.)
Mary Fish
We, Henry H. Hoge , and John Fish , residents of Chatham Township , in the State of New Jersey , upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Fish in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and from our knowledge being in full accord with the applicant before said State and time.
(Signatures of witnesses.)
Henry H. Hoge John Fish
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
William Brillin Justice the Peace The claimant is a daughter of mine and the facts set forth is just and true as above stated war of 1812 Great Britain late capt in the
* Enlisted or Volunteered or Drafted.
†This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant. If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible. If there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested persons proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy. If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration; and in such case, other evidence—such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed—will be admissible.
‡In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased, be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.
all the papers in the service of the Revolutionary war of the applicant was handed into the Pension Office when Thomas Fish got his Pension from Brillin

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, } ss. Morris County, }
I, ALBERT H. STANBURROUGH, Clerk of the County of Morris, do hereby Certify, that William Brinton Esq., before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking such Affidavit, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Morris, duly elected, commissioned and sworn, and fully authorised by the laws of the State of New Jersey to take the same; and that the name William Brinton — thereunto signed, is in his own proper hand-writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, at Morristown, this
Fifth — day of April 1855 A. H. Stanburrough Clerk.
6-5142

Declaration, &c of Thomas Fish
1810.
2

Thomas Fish. Thomas Fisher Mons C. N. Ferry.

DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, } County of Morris } ss.
On this twenty seventh day of July personally appeared, in open court, before
the court of Common Pleas now sitting: Thomas Fish Daniel Hutton - a resident of the Township of Chubb in the County of Morris and State of New-Jersey, aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated:
He entered the service as an enrolled Militiaman at Morristown in the County of Morris in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy six in the Company of Stephen Day Captain belonging to the Regiment of Col. Jacob Ford and marched to Elizabeth Town point to guard the lines and construct breast works while the British were on Staten Island ; remained there a tour of duty, returned home after my tour was expir- ed a short time afterwards performed a second tour of duty at the same place under the same Captain Day . - That after words he was removed to the Company of Obadiah Hetchel Captain attached to the Regiment of Col. Ellis Cook and was employed princi- pally as a scout and partole from that time to the end of the war - he has served more than ten one years in active service, and never applied for any discharge or received any. - He was engaged in the battles of Monmouth and Red Bank and numerous skirmishes. - He served as a guard for the jail in Morris town to guard prisoners for a month. - I was born in the year 1759 and have a record of my age at home - I was living in the County of Morris at the time when I was called into service and have lived in the same place since the Revolution and still live there - I entered the service as a Volunteer - Captain Stephen Day commanded the Company in which I served I also served under Captain Mumford and also under Captain Dunn and Captain Halsey - I never received a discharge from the service

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, is only on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas Fish
We Daniel Hoppin and William Britton residing in the County of Morris aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Fish who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas Fish
Daniel Hoppin William Britton
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Daniel Hoppin
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey aforesaid, and that William Britton who has also signed the same, is a resident in the County and State aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thomas Fish
Stephen Cail
Joseph Jackson
I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Fish for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of July in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
David Day Cth

State of New Jersey County of Morris) 33
On this 31 day of July — A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty four Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Fish aged 75 of residence of Columbia in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey aged 75 years who first being duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February 1853 granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the Widow of Thomas Fish who was in Service aforesaid and drew a Pension by virtue of Service rendered to the United States
She further declares that she was Married to the said Thomas Fish on the 18 th day of March — one thousand eight hundred and thirty That her said Husband died on the 22 nd day of October — 1846 that she was not married to him prior to the second day of Jan Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated She further declares that she is now a Widow but by reason of informatics cannot be to the Morris Court house (and I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original thereof) (N.Y.) Fish
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify to the apology of applicant Jonathan Miller Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey County of Morris } ss
On this 31 day of July — A one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appear before me Jane Ball and Christopher Mulford residents of Morristown  Columbiana in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn declare they have had a personal knowledge of Thomas Fish and Mary Fish while they were living together and know that Thomas Fish is really dead and that Mary Fish — is his Widow at this time as she makes her Application for her Pension right under act of Congress passed 3 d February A D 1857 and second section of said act
Jane Ball
Christopher Mulford
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I believe the said Jane Ball and Christopher Mulford are credit- able and disinterested Witnesses
Jonathan Miller Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey County of Morris
On this 31 day of July A D one Thousand eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County against Moses D Ward a Resident of whom lies in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law declares that he has been chosen clerk of the Session of Hanover and that he holds in his possession a Book of Records containing marriages performed by the Reverend Aaron Bradut a former Pastor of the Church of Hanover and that in said Book is found thus written Married Thomas Fisk to Mary Young on the 10 th day of March A D 1812 by the minister of the Gospel
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, } ss. Morris County, }
I, ALBERT H. STANBURROUGH, Clerk of the County of Morris, do hereby Certify, that Jonathan Miller Esq., before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking such Affidavit one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Morris, duly elected, commissioned and sworn, and fully authorised by the laws of the State of New Jersey to take the same; and that the name Jonathan Miller — thereunto signed, is in his own proper hand-writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, at Morristown, this First — day of August 18 55.
A. H. Stanburrough Clerk.

State of New Jersey County of Morris
On this 31 day of July A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County against Moses D Ward a Resident of Colburn Hill in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey who being duly Sworn according to Law declares that he has been chosen clerk of the Session of Hanover and that he holds in his possession a Book of Records containing marriages performed by the Reverend Aaron Conrad a former Pastor of the Church of Hanover and that in said Book is found thus written Married Thomas Fisk to Mary Young on the 10 th day of March A D 1812 by the aforesaid Court
Moses D Ward Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Jonathan Miller Justice of the Peace

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  no
File No. 23. 5/8
Mary Wish wid of Thomas Wish Pr. Rev War
Act Act 3d 58
Index : Vol A , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

No 5944
Mary Fish Widow of Thomas Newbury
3 Feb 1832

✓ 27687
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Sto Ans

74152
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 13, p. 54
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions I Mind Washington D C
required FREE

74152
W. Linton
PAID
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Honor L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions City Washington - D. C.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 17. 6

the Thomas Fish paid to H Mar 1840
W. A. Dayton
Actg Auditor
Aug 8/55

Pen off. August 8 1855
Sir
Please state when Thomas Fick of New Jersey, act 1832, at $35 95 a year, was last paid
R J Atkinson Esq
Very Respectfully
3 amster
W. H. Hall
(C) (C)
in part

52427
New Jersey
Mary Fish widow of
Thomas.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars 96 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 10 th day of August 1853. and sent to
C. Melford
Madison
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 176. Vol. 16
Feb 3 1853-74152

Ja. Z. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions
War Department.

Morris town N. Jersey, Apr. 25 th 1833.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed herewith, are the original papers of Luke Miller & Thos. Fish of this County, with amending Declarations in each, obviating the objections stated in the accompanying Briefs. —
I rec d . two days past, a certificate for Enock De Camp. — I have not as yet rec d . any instructions relative to the several cases of Ezekiel Stilwell & Isaac Hinds, submitted to your consideration some weeks past. — They are instances in which  of destitute persons, having no widow, but children, widely dispersed, — some of whose residence is altogether unknown — not heard of in 7- or 10 years.
Respectfully,
Yours &c.
Lewis Conditt.
Jas. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Commissioner &c.

Brief in the case of Mary Fish widow of Thomas County and State of New Jersey act 3 Feb 7 1853
Claim, ("original," for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the act of June 7 1832 at $35 90 a year,
Record of Marriage
( for increase. )
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Her identity as the widow of the pensioner, his death; and her present understanding formed by 2 credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent Christopher Musford Esq Madison New Jersey
Thornton Ripley Examining Clerk.

Mary Fish Payment to be made at Weston
J. P. Dickinson , Esq. by
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
New Jersey
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 176 Vol. 6
J. S. Getty Clerk.

JP
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that, in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853.
Mary Fish,
widow of Thomas Fish,
who was a private, — — — — — in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of thirty-five dollars and twenty-five, — cents per annum, commencing on the 3 rd of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this tenth, — day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
W. L. C. Clancy Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned.
J. Smith
Commissioner of Pensions.

Paid to 4 Sep 1855 Paid to 4 dec 1855 Paid to 4 Sep 1856 Paid to 4 dec 1857 Paid to 4 dec 1858 PAID TO SEP. 4 1855
1542

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Nov 2 d
1855.
Sir:
The claim of Mary Fish for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. H. 152 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Thomas Fish the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
Chas H. Moulford Esq Mauristown N. Jersey.

Monestown N o S Nov 6 th 1855
Hon Com r J Minot To Sir I herewith transmit a copy of a certificate obtained by G pt Mulford Mary Fish appointed Agent under act of Congress passed 3 rd February 1855 in the which is embodied Record Evidence to Will
Department of the Interior Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2 nd Section of the act of February 3 rd 1855
Mary Fish
Widow of Thomas Fish who was a Private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension List at the Rate of Thirty five Dollars and Seventy six Cents per annum Commencing on the 3 rd day of Feb y 1855 and continuing for life unless she should again Marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such Marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior this 10 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Signed
Rev. C. Leland Secretary of the Interior
(Examined and Countersigned) J Minot
(Commissioner of Pensions)

Dr
Sir you will readily perceive a reference must have been made to the Pension list to have established a pension for the aforesaid Mary Fish your Humble Servant
Chas H. Mulford
Please attend to this immedia- ly and oblige yours
C H M
Wm. Lammisimo Minut

Manor April 3 1855
This may certify that S. George S. King Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Manor in the County of Monroe & State of New Jersey have in my possession the books of Records & Statistics of this parish kept by my predecessors in the Pastoral office of this congregation, and that I find the following among the Records of marriages by Rev. Saron Conditt then Pastor of this congregation
"1812, March 10 Married Thomas Fick to Mary Young of Abetham"
I further certify that it is in the same hand writing in which other marriages by Rev. Mr Conditt are recorded & other records of the Church kept and has not appeared to be & that I believe to be, in Mr Conditt's hand writing & that the record was made at the time
Witness my hand this day year above written G. S. King Pastor Saron and subscribed before First Pres Chh Manor me the 3 day of April 1855 William Britton Justice Peace

I hereby certify that according to the records of this Church referred to in the within certificate but of a latter date I find recorded in the same hand writing in which other deaths are recorded on the same page a record of the death of "Thomas Fish" on the 22 d of April 1840 at the age of 82. April 3 1855 Sworn and Subscribed before me the 9 th day of April 1855 William Patterson Dean Bro. S. King Pastor of the First Chh. Newton
7415-2

Mary Fish, wid- ow of Thomas New Jersey
adm. Feby 3 1853
10mos & 240pni $359 50
per annum from
3 rd Feby 1853
Col d to Christopher Mulford Esq Madison New Jersey

Nov 29, 1968

5427 Increase Brief in the Case of Mary Fish Widow of Thomas Private Res.  Madison Trenton Maris County and State of New Jersey See Act Feb 3. 1863
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension roll of New Jersey - 22 p. 25. 96 , 3 ann. She returns her certificate & claims increase as provided by Act of July 27. 1861 .
Personal identity & Widowhood shown
Admitted Oct 27. 1868 to a pension of $96.00 per annum to commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay since.
Name and residence of Agent.
Claimant Care Prof. Dickinson P. Ag.
Trenton New Jersey
W. C. Brock
Examining Clerk.

Know all men by these presents That I Mary Fish of the county of Morris and State of New Jersey do hereby Appoint and constitute Charles H Mulford of Morristown in the same County and State my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my Name to ask and demand of the Hon ble Commissioner of Pensions that he would transmit the Warrant for which she has made Application for through Wm Britton of Madison by virtue of her Dec d Husband's Service in war of 1876 when the same is taken up for consideration and approved unto the aforesaid Mulford And I do hereby annul my former Agency by the aforesaid Britton as far as the return of said Warrant is concerned and earnestly request the return to be made to the said C H Mulford for good and justifiable reasons State of New Jersey County of Morris } ss
Mary Fish
On this 11 th day of October A one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Personally came Mary Fish before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed And I do hereby certify that I believe the said Mary Fish to be the Person described in and who represents herself to be and that her power of Attorney acknowledged and subscribed to is by her
Jonathan Miller Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey Morris County s.s. ss. Albert H. Stanborough Clerk of the County of Morris do hereby certify that Jonathan Miller Esq. before whom the within acknowledg- ment was taken, was at the time of taking the same and still is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly elected Commissioned and Sworn, and that the Signature thereunto signed is genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, at Morristown this Twenty Seventh day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty five.
A. H. Stanborough Clerk
Power of Attorney

Thomas Fish of Morris Co. N. Jersey. — Amendatory Declaration.

State of New Jersey Morris County ss -
Personally appeared before me Daniel Hopping, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County
Aaron Condit a Minister of the gospel re- siding in Hanover, in the County and State a- foresaid and John Wooduff, residing in the same who certified and said - We have been long well acquainted with Thomas Fish who this day makes a Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - We believe said Declaration may be depended upon as true - We believe him to be, as he states, in the seventy third year of his age - We have known him for many years, as a member in regular standing in the Church of Christ in Hanover aforesaid - That he is respected and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and we concur in the same opinion and further than Deponents say not -
Aaron Condit -
Sworn & subscribed before me the 27 th Day of July AD 1832
J. Wooduff
(Daniel Hopping)
I hereby certify that Daniel Hopping Esq. before whom the above deposition was taken, is a Justice of Peace in the County of Morris, & that the signature of his name thereto, is genuine. And that the Rev. Aaron Condit, whose name is subscribed to the said deposition, is the regular Minister, settled & living for many years past, in the parish of which Thomas Fish is a minister.
Morris town, N. Jersey, Sept. 15 th 1832.
Aaron Condit, late a Rep n from N. Jersey.

I hereby certify, that Thomas Fish, the within Declarant is a man of fair & unimpeachable character in Morris County, & is fully entitled to implicit confidence & belief.
Morris town, N. Jersey April 15 th 1833. —
Levi Condit late a Rep n from N. Jersey.
Thomas Fish of Morris Co. N. Jersey. — Declaratory Declaration.

State of New Jersey County of Morris
Morris Court of Common Pleas. Special term, April, 1833.
In this 11 th day of April, A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open Court now sitting, Thomas Fish, a resident of Chatham in said County, well known to this Court as a man of fair character, & fully entitled to belief, who being duly sworn, declares that he is the same Thomas Fish, who on the 27 th day of July 1832, made his Declaration before this Court, to obtain the benefit of the act of Corpse, passed June 7 th 1832. — That at the time of making said Declaration he was not aware of the necessity of specifying minutely each monthly term of service rendered, & that in the great number of Applicants then before the Court, it was almost impossible to recollect & recite minutely & in detail, events which occurred in services performed fifty years before. Since making his first Declaration, he has given more reflection to his revolutionary services, & desires that this, his amended Declaration may be received by the Secretary of War & Commissioner of Pensions, as detailing more minutely his several terms of Militia duty, than could be done or expected, in the haste which seemed unavoidable in his first application to this Court. —
His first term of Militia duty was performed in August 1776, in the company then commanded by Capt. Stephen Day, in Col. Jacob Ford's regiment. — He joined his company at Morris town, marched thence to Eliz th town point, where he was stationed for one month, upon guard duty & building fortifications opposite Staten Island, then in possession of the enemy. — He served out the month & was discharged. — In October of the same year, he served another monthly term of Militia duty, in Capt. Day's company, was stationed near Eliz th town to guard the lines, & protect the inhabitants between that place & Morris town, from incursions of the enemy. — He served out his month, was discharged & returned. — In December of the same year, he served another month, under the same Captain & Lieut nt . Hand, in guarding the lines & landing places, & protecting the inhabitants. — He was in service the whole of this winter, viz: in January, in Captain Stephen Munn's company, Col. Sely's regiment, stationed at Eliz th town upon guard duty as before. — In February he was attached to Captain Skinner's company, & Lieut nt . Post, was stationed near New Brunswick, guarding the lines & landing places, & protecting the inhabitants. — In the autumn of the same year, he performed two other monthly terms of Militia service viz: the 1 st at Morris town under Capt. Ezra Hall, guarding prisoners confined in the Morris town jail, & the 2 nd under Capt. Daniel Brown, upon the lines along the Delaware, in the vicinity of Philadelphia. These two last terms embraced as he believes, a part of the month September & of November, & the whole of October. In the summer of 1778, he served a monthly term under Captain Lindley & Lieut nt . Caldwell, in the neighbourhood of New Brunswick, & was personally engaged in the Monmouth battle. —
He was out twice as a Volunteer, & served at each time six weeks when the British came over in force to Eliz th town & overran the country through Connecticut farms & Springfield, both of which villages & churches they burned. There were two or three small skirmishes had with the enemy in their excursions — one at Springfield — one at the farms — & one between Eliz th town & the point, in which large bodies of Militia from all the surrounding country were engaged. — He is not certain who was his Captain, but thinks he was He believes Colonel Sely, Genl. Wind & perhaps other superior officers were present. — The year he does not remember, but most probably it was in 1780, & in that the months, or the season, he cannot state.
He was also engaged a considerable time in Captain Mitchell's company, in scouting parties & watching the motions of the enemy, from place to place & from time to time, but cannot say with any certainty, how long, — but he only believes two months, at the least. — He is confident that he served a full period of a year, in the war of the revolution, & always as a private, — for which he claims a pension. He never rec d . a written discharge, nor does he know at present, of any living witness of his services. Sworn & subscribed in open Court, the date first mentioned.
Stephen Day Titus Fish
Thomas Fish

I, David Day, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the within, is the original amended Declaration of Thomas Fish, taken this day in open Court, in the matter of the application of said Thomas Fish, for a pension. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this 11 th day of April, A. 1833. —
By order of the Court
David Day Clerk

Mary Fish
No.
DECLARATION
FOR
INCREASE OF PENSION.
Please acknowledge receipt of form & certificate enclosed cover to
M c Kimson
P. agent
Trenton
N. Jersey

DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
Under Section 13, Act of July 27, 1868.
State of New Jersey,
COUNTY OF Morris
On this 16 th day of October A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Fish, aged 90 years, a resident of Morris County in the State of New Jersey, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she, Mary Fish is the identical Mary Fish to whom was granted pension certificate No. [blank] payable at Trenton N. J. at the rate of thirty five 35/100 dollars per month, Annuity issued under the act of Febry 22 nd , 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868.
My Post Office address is as follows: Madison Morris Co N.J.
2. Witnesses,
Caleb Rose
Peter Brooks
Mary Fish (mark)
Signature of Claimant.
Also personally appeared Lewis C Ball and John W Bory residents of Columbia in the County of Morris N.J. persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mary Fish make her mark.
State of New Jersey, Morris County, ss.
I, WILLIAM McCARTY, Clerk of the County of Morris, do hereby certify that
Christopher Mulford Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Morris, duly commissioned and sworn, and fully authorized by the laws of the State of New Jersey to take the same, and that the name of the said Christopher Mulford thereunto signed, is in his own proper hand writing.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, at Morristown, this 20 th day of October 1868 Wm McCarty Clerk.
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DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
Under Section 13, Act of July 27, 1868.
State of New Jersey,
COUNTY OF Morris }
On this 16 th day of October A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Fish , aged 80 years, a resident of Morris County in the State of New Jersey , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she  Mary Fish is the identical Mary Fish to whom was granted pension certificate No. 112234 payable at Trenton N. J. at the rate of fifty five 96/100 dollars per month , Amount issued under the act of Feb'y 2 2 nd ser , 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868.
My Post Office address is as follows: Madison Morris Co N.J.
2. Witnesses,
Caleb Rose
Peter Brooks
Mary Fish her mark
Signature of Claimant.
Also personally appeared Lewis C Ball and John W Cory residents of Columbia in the County of Morris N.J. persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Mary Fish make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim
Lewis C Ball John W Cory
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16 th day of October A. D. 1868; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
Christopher Mulford Justice of the Peace